The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XLIII

[Kyriakos]

You very likely are being ironic (I can see the angle), but it was known the world was round since (at least) the age of Archimedes The circumference of the planet was calculated by Eratosthenes.

 

[r16]

it is the narrative down to primary school when ı was in one .

 

[Samson]

Sudden random question about fantasy stories / novels / anime. I am assuming low or medium fantasy, not high fantasy. Medieval technology level, not science fiction.

Why hasn't any characters estimated the circumference of their planet or world?

We figured out the circumference of the earth from astronomical measures. I think the best way would be to have a complex orbit so as the Medieval world could not calculate the relationship between the positions of the stars and the shape of the world.

Spoiler A complex orbit :

 

[Arakhor]

If anyone wishes to try, it could be fun to compare methods/outcome. It's not out of the realm of possibility that I was wrong

Assuming that no numbers repeat, my answer is: 0157
Assuming that they can, my answer would be: 3110

Spoiler for calculations :

2, 4 & 9 are definitely wrong
Either 3 or 7 is wrong
Either 6 or 0 is wrong
One of 3, 5 & 8 is good

1 & 0 are good
No 2, 4, 6 or 9
1 is second
0 is first or last
3 is first or wrong
7 is last or wrong

If 3 is good, then 5, 7 & 8 must be wrong
Which only leaves 1 to double up
3 1 1 0

If 7 is good, that leaves 0 1 - 7
8 is not third
0 1 5 7

 

[Valka D'Ur]

You very likely are being ironic (I can see the angle), but it was known the world was round since (at least) the age of Archimedes The circumference of the planet was calculated by Eratosthenes.

 

[Kyriakos]

Assuming that no numbers repeat, my answer is: 0157
Assuming that they can, my answer would be: 3110

Spoiler for calculations :

2, 4 & 9 are definitely wrong
Either 3 or 7 is wrong
Either 6 or 0 is wrong
One of 3, 5 & 8 is good

1 & 0 are good
No 2, 4, 6 or 9
1 is second
0 is first or last
3 is first or wrong
7 is last or wrong

If 3 is good, then 5, 7 & 8 must be wrong
Which only leaves 1 to double up
3 1 1 0

If 7 is good, that leaves 0 1 - 7
8 is not third
0 1 5 7

While we both arrived at the same number for the (implicit) case that there are no number repetitions, I'd still like to know if there is any more brief solution. I am not quite sure how you arrived immediately at "2,4,9 are wrong"?
(my own way is so convoluted I already had to edit it thrice; all times for gaps in the proof that 0 being false is a false statement. There now should be no gap).

Edit, actually, I can see now that your approach for your step1 is pretty similar to my part3. This is why posting in detail is useful ^^

 

[Synobun]

Sudden random question about fantasy stories / novels / anime. I am assuming low or medium fantasy, not high fantasy. Medieval technology level, not science fiction.

Why hasn't any characters estimated the circumference of their planet or world?

Why would they? Especially since you're specifying low fantasy. It serves no narrative purpose.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Sudden random question about fantasy stories / novels / anime. I am assuming low or medium fantasy, not high fantasy. Medieval technology level, not science fiction.

Why hasn't any characters estimated the circumference of their planet or world?

Syn's got the right basic answer; I'll phrase it alternately . . . be the change you want to see.

Write your own novel where doing so somehow matters to the plot.

 

[Arakhor]

While we both arrived at the same number for the (implicit) case that there are no number repetitions, I'd still like to know if there is any more brief solution. I am not quite sure how you arrived immediately at "2,4,9 are wrong"?
(my own way is so convoluted I already had to edit it thrice; all times for gaps in the proof that 0 being false is a false statement. There now should be no gap).

Edit, actually, I can see now that your approach for your step1 is pretty similar to my part3. This is why posting in detail is useful ^^

Yes, the first thing I noticed was that not picking 3 or 7 from group 4 and not 6 or 0 from group 5 would invalidate group 3. The rest moved from there.

 

[Farm Boy]

Do you know those songs (mostly from the 50s) that use nonsense syllables to round out certain verse?

Is there one that is regarded as most famous, or most iconic? Or just jumps first to mind for you individually?

(Note: not "Who put the bop in the bipty bipty bop?" since that is working in a self-conscious and meta- way with the convention. Just a song that uses that convention.)

Some good background stuff in:

Spoiler :

 

[Gori the Grey]

Thanks, Farm Boy. And also for Mairzy Dotes.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Thanks, Farm Boy. And also for Mairzy Dotes. mares eat oats.

FTFY

FB is a farmer, you know horses, cows, chickens, oats, feed barley etc.

 

[Farm Boy]

Absolutely no bop to be found here, sir. Yes, I'll get a haircut.

 

[warpus]

Do I have to remove an interior door off the hinges if I want to paint it? Should I be removing the doorknob? Do I need to use painter's tape to cover up the hinges and/or door knob parts? Does all this depend on other logistics / layout / etc?

I also read something about sanding it after a first coat? I was only going to do one coat. The door is white, and I want to whiten it up with a new white coat. Do I need to do any sanding? I can ignore the "do a second coat" part, right?

 

[Arakhor]

From what I can remember, when my dad was repainting the doors in our family, he never took them off the hinges and I think we did the sanding before the painting.

Then again, this was 35 years ago, so take that with a hefty pinch of salt!

 

[Farm Boy]

Scrape off anything that's loose. You probably don't need to sand, but it improves how well the next coat of paint sticks. If you do sand, remember to wipe off the dust thoroughly. A good scrub with an abrasive soap, such as TSP, usually works(for the sanding step) better than you need it to(if the surface you are looking to paint is actually rough, go back to sanding if you would like it to be not rough). If you don't want to take it off the hinges and you can get to all the parts, don't. Use painters' tape on anything that butts up against what you will be painting, but don't want paint on. Taping usually seems to take longer than actual painting. Don't count on one coat, you may get lucky, but the 2nd coat usually really brightens up the quality. Trying to get away with too few, heavier coats, is how you get drips.

All of the above can and will be frequently wrong!

 

[Gori the Grey]

I myself think one can paint a door in place, and I have several times done so.

I don't think sanding will be necessary. Farm Boy's right. If there are any actual chipping pieces of paint, chip them off with a paint scraper.and sand right around the edges of the missing paint, to level it off with the still affixed paint. If there's no chipping, just go ahead and paint. For freshening, which is all you seek to do, two coats are likely overkill. The coat that's on it now is your prime-coat.

Even if you don't sand, do run a damp rag over to door to take off any dust. Let it dry before painting, of course.

Removing the door knob is up to you. You can probably tape around it with painter's tape and get perfectly good results, but if you go to the trouble of removing it, it will look much cleaner. The one I did most recently didn't have door knob installed yet.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Listen to these guys ^^^^

Leave the door in place; put papers or a drop cloth on the floor; there is nothing wrong with painting the hinges that are on the door itself.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Do I have to remove an interior door off the hinges if I want to paint it?

The doors to my various apartments have been repainted several times during the 11 years I've lived in this building. They've never removed the door (I don't think they can legally remove a door unless it's an emergency situation and that's the only way to get in).

 

[really]

My aunt painted her front door shut years ago. It was rarely used and she painted it while closed so as not to get any paint inside not making the connection that it was sealing it shut.